New Delhi: The AAP yesterday told Lt Governor Najeeb Jung that it wants to form the government in Delhi, and asked him not to dissolve the legislative assembly.
“We have told the Lt Governor that we want to form the government in Delhi. We asked him not to dissolve the assembly and sought two weeks’ time,” a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party said. The leader, however, said since the Congress has ruled out outside support to the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party , there was not much the party could do.
The Aam Aadmi Party has 27 legislators while the Congress has eight in a house of 70.
In a letter to the Lt Governor, the AAP said it will hold public meeting in Delhi to obtain people’s opinion on forming the government.
Meanwhile, Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely said that the party will not support the AAP.
After the Lok Sabha polls, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party began exploring possibilities to form the government in Delhi, which has been under President’s rule since February 17.
“Kejriwal held a meeting with Jung and the issue of government did figure in the talks,” a party source said.
The development occurred on a day when the Congress reiterated that it will not support the AAP to form a government in Delhi.
Some news reports had surfaced that three Congress legislators reportedly expressed their desire to extend outside support to the AAP.
With 31 legislators, the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party in the Delhi assembly polls.
It has the support of one legislator from the Akali Dal, its ally in the National Democratic Alliance.
“We will not support the Aam Aadmi Party at any cost. When we gave them the opportunity, they ran away. We are ready for fresh elections,” Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely said here.
“There is consensus in the party over this issue. It is up to the Bharatiya Janata Party to form the government,” Lovely told reporters.
Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Ajay Maken tweeted: “Under no circumstances the Congress will support the Aam Aadmi Party to form a government in Delhi.”
Earlier, a section of AAP legislators — not in favour of re-elections — wanted the party to form the government with the help of the Congress. The Aam Aadmi Party officially declined to do so.
In February, Chief Minister Kejriwal resigned over his failure to pass the Jan Lokpal bill in the assembly.IANS
